Archive for: October 24, 2007

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Now that CSI and its many variations have conquered the real world, the series is setting its sights on the virtual.

The next episode of CSI: New York will be taking place, at least partially, in Second Life. The episode, which airs tonight, is titled, "Down the Rabbit Hole," and revolves around one Detective Mac Taylor investing a murder, via the virtual world.

CSI fans who sign up for Second Life can also visit a virtual New York, including the CSI lab, and play "forensic games." The world will also feature a game called Murder by Zuiker--the first 100 users to solve the crime will receive some virtual swag.

Video Games Blogger has more info and a link to the episode's trailer.

Way back in June, we posed the question: Are Ron Paul supporters destroying the Internet? Among the truckloads of comments that we received on the post, there arose a pretty strong consensus: Ron Paul supporters are not destroying the Internet. Also, Ron Paul, is, like, pretty much totally awesome.

I'll be the first to admit that the headline is pretty sensational by software blog standards, but the genesis of the question was this: Ron Paul supporters have been extremely aggressive (some might go so far as to suggest overly so) when it comes to making their presence known in online forums.

We cited a Slashdot poll and the first prophetic post to utter Ron Paul's name on Appscout. It was an off-hand mention of the Republican candidate's name in a story about MySpace (with Barack Obama's name in the subject line). The utterance placed our poor, unsuspecting Jen DeLeo in the middle of a presidential flame war. The "Are Ron Paul Supporters Destroying the Internet?" post ultimately posed the question, "Is all coverage good coverage?"

Conservative news site RedState.com is drawing a line in the sand on the matter. The site is effectively banning comments by Ron Paul supporters suspected of abusing the site's comments section. The New York Times' political news blog, The Caucus, excerpted the official statement from RedState, which reads, in part:

Effective immediately, new users may *not* shill for Ron Paul in any way shape, form or fashion. Not in comments, not in diaries, nada. If your account is less than 6 months old, you can talk about something else, you can participate in the other ...

Microsoft has bested Google in its bid for Facebook. The software giant will invest $240 million in the social networking site in a move that will preserve Microsoft's existing advertising deal with Facebook.

Media reports emerged Wednesday that Microsoft and Google were locked in a battle for a piece of Facebook. Microsoft last year was named the exclusive provider of standard banner advertising on Facebook through 2011. Had Google been successful in its bid, the search engine company would likely have severed or severely clamped down on Microsoft's Facebook advertising capabilities. As a result, Redmond apparently pushed extra hard to maintain the lucrative partnership. Wednesday's deal makes Microsoft the exclusive third-party ad platform for Facebook and expands the deal internationally, Microsoft said.

The $240 million stake is part of Facebook's next round of financing at a $15 billion valuation, according to Microsoft.

Microsoft and Facebook executives issued that standard "we love each other and look forward to a wonderful future" statements. A press conference about the deal is planned for 5pm EST, so stay tuned for more details.

UPDATE: Facebook chose Microsoft over Google because it was pleased with the way Microsoft's ad partnership had developed over the last year, said Owen Van Natta, vice president of operations and chief revenue officer at Facebook.

"We were very fortunate to have a lot of folks who were interested in partnering with us," Van Natta said, though he declined to reveal who else had expressed an interest. "We have been working with Microsoft for over a year now in the US [and that] relationship that has been really great for both of us."

"Being able to deepen [our] partnership ...

Hanns.G’s 28-inch HG281D monitor doesn’t look to have gotten much in the way of an official release ’round these parts, but that hasn’t stopped the folks at Extreme Tech from snagging one for a review, with them lured in mainly by the monitor’s sub-$700 price tag. As you might expect, while the mo…

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Displays

You’ve waited oh-so-patiently for LG’s Viewty to land, and you’ve even tried to subdue your anxiety by combing by a glowing review, so feel free to cut loose now that the KU990 is finally available. Yep, starting nowadays users can snatch up the mobile in “major European countries” for a still u…

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Cellphones, Gadgets

Here's an interesting article from today's NY Metro. In Washington, DC, there's a debate over whether or not your e-mail should be forwarded after switching service providers. For me, this doesn't really concern me since I've used AOL's e-mail system since I was 15, and over the years signed up for a Yahoo! and Gmail account. But I know many people who rely on their ISPs e-mail service, and once they switch, their e-mail address and messages are gone forever. Well, you can't get to them at least.

Right now, there isn't a mandate for e-mail forwarding, like there is for mail forwarding or forwarding your phone number. However, this could all change, because "federal regulators are studying the issue more closely after a complaint from a former AOL customer, Washington-based freelance editor Gail Mortenson, who claims an abrupt termination of service devastated her business." Ouch.

How do you feel about this issue? Should there be a mandate for e-mail forwarding, or is there really no point?

whether a 20.8-inch QXGA LCD was just sufficient to get your HD juices a-flowin’, LG’s latest bunch should really get you wound up. On display at FPD worldly 2007 in Japan, these “G Platform” plasmas claim to trump any other PDPs in the contrast department, as every one of them features a 30,000…

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Displays, HDTV

Although we’re certain some of you are dead set on using one carrier, Qualcomm is making certain the indecisive (or well-traveled) ones out there are covered, too. The firm’s Gobi chip promises to play nice with both EV-DO and HSPA (but not WiMAX) networks, which should mean that a number of laptops…

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Cellphones, Wireless

Filed under: DisplaysThose looking for a projector for something other than their domestic theater now have a bundle of new options to consider courtesy of Viewsonic, which has just announced five new models intended primarily for commerce and education use. Those include the PJ557D, PJ559D, PJ560D,…

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